Plagiarism is one of the largest epidemics we have to thank the internet for. Plagiarism is known as literary theft and is when somebody knowingly takes somebody else’s ideas or words as if they were their own and not providing due credit. With the fast paced life style of students today, plagiarism is as easy as copy, paste and done. Many students have a catch me if you can mentality and since the penalties are sometimes not that severe if caught, students are willing to take the risk. With the online college courses available, people of all ages are going back to school. Most older students find school more difficult and time consuming than it was years ago and with job and family responsibilities, search the internet, copy bits and pieces from articles, blogs or school sites, not even thinking they are plagiarizing and completing a report in a fraction of the time spent doing a report before the internet. A long night in the library, gathering a fact from encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines and books was when plagiarizing was difficult and easily detected. Cut and paste was clipping articles from professional journalist and pasting them onto paper with Elmer’s glue. Now it is very easy to gather large amounts of information, cut and paste it into word processing software and forget to put the author or some quotes around copied passages. At least most colleges have some sort of formatting such as ADA that requires students to at least rewrite some of the copied material in order to meet the format requirements. Some instructors have their students submit writing assignments in segments over several weeks like the outline, thesis statement, rough draft and then the final draft. This at least makes coping reports more difficult. Plagiarizing is wrong because you deny yourself the chance to learn and develop skills you may be need in your future profession. You put in question your integrity, not only for your instructors but future employers. You...

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What Is Plagiarism?
The concept of plagiarism has been around ever since people created the ability to gather and process information in a variety of ways. Plagiarism can be described with the words copying or borrowing, however plagiarism is a major illegal offense that have serious consequences. Throughout the academic societies around the globe and beyond, more people in the educational system and outside of education are taking credit...

...Plagiarism
Helen Johnson
Liberty University
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...A Briefing for Students on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
INTRODUCTION
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Students at UCD are expected to adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. The work you submit to the University for assessment must be your own work. You will complete a wide variety of assignments during your time in University. This short guide has been developed to help you understand the importance of academic integrity in the preparation of your assignments. It is in two parts: •
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A question and answer section which explains: academic integrity; plagiarism and how to ensure that your work meets the University’s standards; A section with the University’s formal statement, policy and procedures for plagiarism.
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...Plagiarism-Are we all thieves?
"He who imitates must have a care that what he writes be similar, not identical... and that the similarity should not be of the kind that obtains between a portrait and a sitter, where the artist earns more praise the greater the likeness, but rather of the kind that obtains between a son and his father...we (too) should take care that... what is like should be hidden as to be grasped only by the mind's silent enquiry. We should therefore make use of another man's inner quality and tone, but avoid his words. For the one kind of similarity is hidden and the other protrudes; the one creates poets, the other apes." - Petrarch, Le familiari, XXIII
The word Plagiarism came from the Latin word “plagiaries” literally meaning a “kidnapper”. This use of the word was introduced into English in 1601 by dramatist Ben Jonson, to describe as a plagiary someone guilty of literary theft. Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and presenting them as one's own original work.
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QUESTIONNAIRE
Plagiarism is a very serious problem in the academic world. The term plagiarism, derived from the
Latin word ‘plagiarius’ meaning ‘kidnapper’ or ‘plunderer’, has been defined as the practice of using
other’s ideas and texts and claiming them as one’s own original authorship without acknowledging
the source. The purpose of this questionnaire is to gauge (FBM) students’ level of awareness
towardsplagiarism. The data will be kept confidential. Please return the completed questionnaire
directly to the Retail Management students involved.
Please tick (√) in the space provided to indicate your responses.
1. Do you know what plagiarism is?
Yes
No
Not sure
*If you answered no to this question, please return the questionnaire.
2. Gender
Male
Female
3. Age
18 - 20
21 - 23
24 - 26
27+
4. Specify what degree title/course you are currently attending.
5. How do you prepare your writing assignments?
By copying texts from books/journals without citing the source.
By copying from web pages and pasting the information without referencing.
By paraphrasing of texts/ideas and claiming them as your own.
Others (e.g.: with needs from lecturers /friends and etc.)
6. How easy do you think internet-based plagiarism is to detect?
Almost impossible
Possible but difficult
Easily done
Don’t know
Strongly
Agree
7. Do you agree that...

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Darian Camacho
English 111, Section 11
Professor Coulter
March 21, 2013
Plagiarism: Why it Continues to Occur?
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...‘Identify a core principle from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct (2008) and demonstrate how this may affect professional practise’
Not plagiarise or falsify coursework or clinical assessments.
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Strickland K (2011) analyzes that plagiarising can be inadvertent, pressurised or can be done intentionally. Having limited time, plagiarising work is the easiest option. This is the commencement for academic dishonesty and bad professional practise. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008) clarifies plagiarism is a professional offence within the Nursing and Midwifery council, which obliges the team to be ‘open and honest, to act with integrity and to provide a high standard of practice and care at all times’. Employers could take disciplinary action again nurses and midwifes if they do not abide to...

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Academic Plagiarism
Faith N. K
American Psychological Association’s (APA) Style
(30, 04, 2013)
Academic Plagiarism
1.0 Defining academic plagiarism
2.0 What are different types of academic plagiarism?
3.0 Is academic plagiarism a problem for the non-native speakers only?
4.0 What are the penalties of academic plagiarism?
5.0 How can one avoid academicplagiarism?
6.0 How should the culprits of academic plagiarism be punished?
Academic Plagiarism
1.0 Defining academic plagiarism
The practice of stealing another person’s academic work and presenting it as your own is defined as academic plagiarism. This is a growing vice among students in our institutions of higher learning today. Most students in our local universities steal other persons’ writings or related academic materials and present such works as their original work. Academic plagiarism is when a person steals another person’s works and passes it on as his or her original work (Gibaldi, 1998).
2.0 What are different types of academic plagiarism?
There are several types of academic plagiarism. According to Loveleena Rajeev (2012), there are six types of academic plagiarism. The first is partial plagiarism. This...